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Besides the thymoma, it is also important to consider a primary mediastinal lymphoma, mediastinal germ cell tumor or metastasis of the mediastinum by a bronchogenic carcinoma. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Overview
The most common differential diagnosis is thymoma, which is a more common pathology of the thymus. Other mediastinal masses should be included, such as metastatic carcinoma to mediastinal lymph nodes.
Differential Diagnosis
Comparison between thymomas and thymic carcinoma.[1]
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Besides the thymoma, it is also important to consider a primary mediastinal lymphoma, mediastinal germ cell tumor or metastasis of the mediastinum by a bronchogenic carcinoma.
References
- ↑ "http://www.iarc.fr/en/publications/pdfs-online/pat-gen/bb10/BB10.pdf" (PDF). External link in
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